University of East London
The University of East London is a public university located in the London Borough of Newham, east London, England. It is based at two campuses in Stratford and Docklands areas, with a third campus, University Square, due to open in Stratford in 2013. The university can trace its roots back to 1892, gaining university status in 1992. The University of East London has more than 28,000 students from 120 countries worldwide.HistoryUEL can trace its roots back to 1892 when the newly formed Borough of West Ham decided to establish a technical institute to serve the local community. The institute was to be a “people’s university” in the words of John Passmore Edwards, speaking at the building’s opening ceremony. The college provided courses in science, engineering and art and also established its own internal degree courses in science and engineering, which were ratified by the University of London. In addition, it had a Women's Department.As demand for technical education grew throughout the 1930s and 1940s, the county council created two further colleges at Walthamstow and Dagenham. In 1970, these three colleges (West Ham, Walthamstow, Dagenham) were combined as a merger of higher education colleges to create the North East London Polytechnic. Campuses were modernised and revitalised by buildings such as the Arthur Edwards building on the Stratford campus, completed in 1982.
